One of the more challenging clamping tasks is that of securing the acoustic guitar bridge to the top plate of the guitar. My preference is to reserve this operation until one of the last steps in completing the guitar. I like to have the instrument completely finished and rubbed out, the nut installed and all[…]

Okay. First things first. Before you glue on the bridge for an acoustic guitar, the entire guitar needs to be finished and buffed out first. In the past, when I first entered into guitar building, I started applying my guitar bridges on the guitar and then finished over them. While this is an accepted practice[…]